Wattled Starling
Creatophora cinerea(Meuschen, FC, 1787)
English (US) Wattled Starling
The Wattled Starling (Creatophora cinerea) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Sturnidae (Rhabdornis, Starlings, and Mynas) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: savanna of eastern and southern Africa and Arabian PeninsulaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Creatophora cinerea
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Wattled Starling
- Described by
- (Meuschen, FC, 1787)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Rallus cinereus
- Described by
- (Meuschen, FC, 1787)
- Type locality
- Cape of Good Hope.
- Original description
- Museum Geversianum sive index rerum naturalium, etc. p.40 no.17
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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